Know thy flowers

[french frank]

I have about 8 of these which have suddenly appeared this year - nothin' to do with me. Allium, but what? Rosy garlic (allium roseum)? It seems that it does naturalise in Britain, but I've never seen it before so I'm not sure. Absolutely not ramsons - the leaves are narrow, like chives but not hollow.

[french frank]

I'm answering myself: yes, it's certainly rosy garlic, isn't it? Since it's clump-forming, I'm not sure how many 'clumps' there are or whether there are 8 separate bulbs: some are close to each other. Anyway, a very welcome new arrival

[LMcD]

(We now have a sub-forum for horticultural matters...)

[french frank]

(We now have a sub-forum for horticultural matters...)

I know. This is in it The sub-forum is Weeders' Digest. 'New Sub-Forum for All Matters Horticultural' is a thread in the forum.

[Padraig]

Might be of interest to lovers of weeds, wildflowers, cattle and conservation.* A bonus feature is the view from the Temple, across Lough Foyle to the Donegal hills and the little town of Greencastle (I think).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-58850254

* The alliteration was accidental, but I'll risk leaving it.

[french frank]

Might be of interest to lovers of weeds, wildflowers, cattle and conservation.* A bonus feature is the view from the Temple, across Lough Foyle to the Donegal hills and the little town of Greencastle (I think).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-58850254

* The alliteration was accidental, but I'll risk leaving it.

Really encouraging that it's so "easy" to achieve some things in some places, isn't it? My unknown seedling (Is it a tree, is it a shrub?) is now a healthy ten-foot sapling - definitely not a weedling.